NCAA men’s lacrosse bracket 2026: Schedule, TV channels, live streams, scores for college championship

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The march to Memorial Day is here for the nation’s top college lacrosse teams.

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A trip through a tough bracket awaits before we get to the two teams contesting the sport’s annual holiday afternoon championship game, though, beginning with a pair of opening-round games just three days after Selection Sunday.

This year’s NCAA tournament appears wide open. Notre Dame has held down the top spot most of the year, but the Irish have lost a pair of games to the team hosting this year’s semis and final, Virginia. Top seed Princeton is right there with Notre Dame, along with defending champion Cornell and rising power Richmond.

While Notre Dame could well win its third national title in four years, it will have plenty of competition on the way. Here’s everything you need to know to watch this year’s tournament.

NCAA men’s lacrosse bracket 2026

The bracket consists of 18 teams, with 10 automatic and eight at-large selections. The top eight schools are seeded nationally, and the four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers will play in the two opening-round games. See the full game schedule below.

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